--- ./filetree.c.orig	2006-01-05 11:52:45.000000000 -0500
+++ ./filetree.c	2006-01-05 11:59:43.000000000 -0500
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@
 {
     struct entry* e1 = (struct entry*)p1;
     struct entry* e2 = (struct entry*)p2;
+    char *name1 = e1->name;
+    char *name2 = e2->name;
     int criteria;
 
     if (e1->attr & ATTR_DIRECTORY && e2->attr & ATTR_DIRECTORY)
@@ -174,16 +176,48 @@
             /* else fall through to alphabetical sorting */
         }
         case 0: /* sort alphabetically asc */
+            /* If name starts with 'the', advance pointer beyond it */
+            if (strncasecmp(name1, "the", 3) == 0)
+            {
+                if (*(name1 + 3) == ' ') /* Kill trailing space */
+		    name1 = name1 + 4;
+                else
+		    name1 = name1 + 3;
+            }
+            if (strncasecmp(name2, "the", 3) == 0)
+            {
+                if (*(name2 + 3) == ' ') /* Kill trailing space */
+                    name2 = name2 + 4;
+                else
+                    name2 = name2 + 3;
+            }
+
             if (global_settings.sort_case)
-                return strncmp(e1->name, e2->name, MAX_PATH);
+                return strncmp(name1, name2, MAX_PATH);
             else
-                return strncasecmp(e1->name, e2->name, MAX_PATH);
+                return strncasecmp(name1, name2, MAX_PATH);
 
         case 4: /* sort alphabetically desc */
+            /* If name starts with 'the', advance pointer beyond it */
+            if (strncasecmp(name1, "the", 3) == 0)
+            {
+                if (*(name1 + 3) == ' ') /* Kill trailing space */
+                    name1 = name1 + 4;
+                else
+                    name1 = name1 + 3;
+            }
+            if (strncasecmp(name2, "the", 3) == 0)
+            {
+                if (*(name2 + 3) == ' ') /* Kill trailing space */
+                    name2 = name2 + 4;
+                else
+                    name2 = name2 + 3;
+            }
+
             if (global_settings.sort_case)
-                return strncmp(e2->name, e1->name, MAX_PATH);
+                return strncmp(name2, name1, MAX_PATH);
             else
-                return strncasecmp(e2->name, e1->name, MAX_PATH);
+                return strncasecmp(name2, name1, MAX_PATH);
 
         case 1: /* sort date */
             return e1->time_write - e2->time_write;